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This is a fictional satellite.

Talent is a satirical concept created for Deceit, an art project about the patterns of manipulation in institutional technology. There is no real work product behind this page. Nothing entered on this site — signup, checkout, or the chat widget — is stored or sent anywhere outside this browser tab.

Jake built this because he remembers the parable of the talents. jake remembers it as "invest your money for God." jake forgot that the parable is about a master who is cruel and servants who are afraid. jake forgot the third servant was punished for being cautious. jake built an investment calculator that rewards risk and punishes caution. jake doesn't know the parable is complicated. jake thinks it's simple. jake thinks everything is simple. jake is sincere. jake is wrong. jake is always sincere and always wrong.

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